Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 5, 2022
Do you feel like you have a knowledge gap or need to upskill? The Planner Guru shares a range of learning opportunities, including some free ones! Cybersecurity Awareness Training With viruses, ransomware and other malicious threats becoming...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 11, 2022
One big positive for the events industry that came out of the global pandemic is a willingness to collaborate. And through collaboration, everyone has recognised just how powerful and beneficial it is – and can be. For this reason, Cvent...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 31, 2022
Destination marketing campaigns aimed at increasing travel to Africa in 2022 are in full swing. Rivania Govender, research specialist at Niche Partners, presents just some of the creatively competing contenders. After two years of stagnation, the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jul 10, 2022
Collaborative workspaces combat loneliness and make for happier employees according to recent research by #WorkAnywhere and Selina, a commissioned study led by top researchers at Boston University and University of Canterbury. Selina, the...
Scott Langley | Jun 25, 2022
Tapping into exponential productivity isn’t a trade secret kept under wraps by the world’s most successful people, but it takes a degree of focus, writes Scott Langley. Let me ask you a question. How long is your to-do list? What I mean is, how...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 20, 2022
Do event organisers understand attendees’ needs, wants and desires? Liz Lathan, CMP, CMO, and a co-founder of Haute Companies, took it upon herself to identify attendees’ pet peeves to create The Attendee Bill of Rights: A Guide to...
Shanna Jacobsen | May 13, 2022
In a bid to better understand the value and role played by travel agents within the travel sector, ASATA has released the second edition of its 21st Century Travel Agent Study. The Association of Southern African Travel Agents (ASATA) has released...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 8, 2022
theplanner.guru unpacks the African Perspectives on the MICE Industry Report’s MICE Industry Maturity Index to understand where the top five MICE markets are on the continent. EGYPT Based on the World Economic Forum’s 2019 stats, tourism...
Shanna Jacobsen | Mar 21, 2022
Creating a standard for outcome-based events should be a no-brainer. theplanner.guru makes a case for why this matters now more than ever. Given the financial outlay and effort required to bring together each event, it is time that the MICE and...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 11, 2021
Oz Desai, GM Corporate Traveller, provides answers to these questions and more. Life looks a whole lot different since the dawn of Covid-19 – face masks, elbow greetings, temperature checks at practically every entrance, and an overwhelming amount...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 28, 2021
How do your virtual attendees learn and how do they want to learn? theplanner.guru offers insights into some strategies that are applicable even beyond the virtual experience. As planners and organisers, we are becoming increasingly aware of the...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 18, 2021
After a successful career at one of South Africa’s largest convention centres, Scott Langley decided to launch his own marketing consultancy that specialises in developing online sales funnels. He shares his insights. Scott Langley is a name many...
